This example gets the message tracking report for messages sent from one user to another. This example returns the summary of the message tracking report for a message that David Jones sent to Wendy Richardson.

This example gets the message tracking report for the following scenario: The user Cigdem Akin was expecting an email message from joe@contoso.com that never arrived. She contacted the Help desk, which needs to generate the message tracking report on behalf of Cigdem and doesn't need to see the display names.

This example searches the message tracking data for the specific message tracking reports, and then returns detailed troubleshooting information for the specific recipient path.

The Get-MessageTrackingReport cmdlet requires you to specify the ID for the message tracking report you want to view. Therefore, first you need to use the Search-MessageTrackingReport cmdlet to find the message tracking report ID for a specific message. You then pass the message tracking report ID from the output of the Search-MessageTrackingReport cmdlet to the Get-MessageTrackingReport cmdlet. For more information, see Search-MessageTrackingReport.

You need to be assigned permissions before you can run this cmdlet. Although all parameters for this cmdlet are listed in this topic, you may not have access to some parameters if they're not included in the permissions assigned to you. To see what permissions you need, see the "Message tracking" entry in the Mail flow permissions topic.

The Identity parameter specifies the ID of the message tracking report ID to retrieve.

You should run the Search-MessageTrackingReport cmdlet to find the message tracking report ID for the specific message you're tracking, and then pass the value of the MessageTrackingReportID field to this parameter.

BypassDelegateChecking

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

The BypassDelegateChecking switch allows Help desk staff and administrators to retrieve message tracking reports for any user. You don't have to specify a value with this switch.

By default, each user can only see the message tracking reports for messages sent or received by the user. When you use this switch, Exchange allows you to view the message tracking reports for message exchanges among other users.

The DetailLevel parameter specifies the amount of detail to be displayed for the message tracking report. You can use one of the following values:

Basic

Verbose

If you specify Basic, simple delivery report information is displayed, which is more appropriate for information workers. If you specify Verbose, full report information is displayed, including server names and physical topology information.

DomainController

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Fqdn

This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange 2013.

The DomainController parameter specifies the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the domain controller that retrieves data from Active Directory.

DoNotResolve

Optional

System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter

The DoNotResolve switch prevents the resolution of email addresses to display names. This improves performance, but the end result may not be as easy to interpret because it's missing the display names. You don't have to specify a value with this switch.

RecipientPathFilter

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.SmtpAddress

The RecipientPathFilter parameter specifies the recipient for which the command returns the detailed tracking report.

Use this parameter when you're using the RecipientPath report template.

Recipients

Optional

System.String[]

The Recipients parameter specifies the recipients for whom you want to retrieve the message tracking data.

You can use this parameter to specify the recipients in the report details if you're using the Summary report template.

ReportTemplate

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.InfoWorker.Common.MessageTracking.ReportTemplate

The ReportTemplate parameter specifies a predefined format for the output. You can either return a summary for all recipients or a detailed tracking report for one recipient. You can specify one of the following values:

RecipientPath

Summary

ResultSize

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Unlimited

The ResultSize parameter specifies the maximum number of results to return. If you want to return all requests that match the query, use unlimited for the value of this parameter. The default value is 1000.

Status

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Tracking._DeliveryStatus

The Status parameter specifies the delivery status codes you're interested in. You can specify one of the following values:

Delivered

Read

Pending

Transferred

Unsuccessful

TraceLevel

Optional

Microsoft.Exchange.Management.Tracking.TraceLevel

This parameter is available only in on-premises Exchange 2013.

The TraceLevel parameter specifies whether additional trace details are included in the output of the message tracking report. This parameter is intended to be used when troubleshooting message tracking issues.

The acceptable values for the TraceLevel parameter are:

Low Minimal additional data is returned, including servers that were accessed, timing, message tracking search result counts, and any error information.

Medium In addition to the data returned for the Low setting, the actual message tracking search results are also returned.